Smart is the new sexy or something. Who doesn't love a capable heroine or hero, someone who is not afraid to introduce a little bit of techno babble into their dirty talk... Errr? Anyways, we have compiled a list of the best romance books that feature hackers and other geeky types who know their way around a keyboard...

• #1 Hardwired (Hacker #1) - Meredith Wild

  

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  Determined to overcome a difficult past, Erica Hathaway learns early on to make it on her own. Days after her college graduation, she finds herself face to face with a panel of investors who will make or break her fledgling startup. The only thing she didn’t prepare for was going weak in the knees over an arrogant and gorgeous investor who seems determined to derail her presentation.
  
  Billionaire and rumored hacker Blake Landon has already made his fortune in software, and he’s used to getting what he wants. Captivated by Erica’s drive and unassuming beauty, he’s wanted nothing more than to possess her since she stepped into his boardroom. more

• #2 Hardpressed (Hacker #2) - Meredith Wild

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  In Hardpressed, the highly anticipated second book of the Hacker Series that began with Hardwired, Blake and Erica face threats that put both their love and their lives on the line.
  
  Despite Blake Landon’s controlling ways, the young and wealthy hacker finally won the trust of the woman he loves. Internet entrepreneur Erica Hathaway broke down the walls that kept her from opening her heart and her business to Blake.
  
  Ready to start this new chapter in her life, Erica is determined not to let anything come between them, even if that means giving Blake back some of the control he craves in and out of the bedroom. more

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• #3 At Any Price (Gaming the System #1) - Brenna Aubrey

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  Achievement Unlocked: Geek Virgin
  
  When Mia Strong, proud geek-girl and popular gaming blogger, auctions off her virginity online, she knows she'll make waves. But what she will not be making is a love connection. Her rules are set in stone: One night. No further contact.
  
  It's a desperate step, but it's the only way she can go to medical school and pay her mother's mounting hospital bills.
  
  Difficulty Level: Millionaire CEO
  
  Adam Drake, the enigmatic auction winner, is a software prodigy who made his first million at seventeen. Now, in his mid-twenties, he's sexy, driven and--as CEO of his own gaming company--he's used to making the rules. more

• #4 One Kiss More (U.S. Marshals #2) - Mandy Baxter

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  This book features a lady hacker! Emma Ruiz knows her father is innocent. But that doesn’t help her convince the law—not even smoking hot U.S. Marshal Landon McCabe. When McCabe bangs on her door demanding information about how her cancer-stricken father escaped from federal prison, she’ll have to distract him somehow—it may as well be with a stolen kiss.
  
  Landon gets why Emma isn’t saying all she knows. What he doesn’t understand is why he’s putting his reputation, his case, and his badge on the line for a gorgeous person of interest. Much as he’d love to, he can’t let Emma play him. The stakes are higher than either of them can guess. more

• #5 About That Night - Julie James

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  Though Rylann Pierce tried to fight the sparks she felt for billionaire heir Kyle Rhodes the night they met, their sizzling chemistry was undeniable. But after being stood up on their first date, Rylann never expected to see him again. So when she finds herself face to face with Kyle in a courthouse nine years later, she’s stunned. More troubling to the beautiful Assistant U.S. Attorney is that she’s still wildly attracted to him.
  
  Just released from prison, Kyle Rhodes isn’t thrilled to be the star witness in a high-profile criminal case — but when Rylann comes knocking at his door, he finds she may be the one lawyer he can’t say no to. more

• #6 The Bad Boy Billionaire's Wicked Arrangement - Maya Rodale

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  Jane Sparks has accidentally announced her engagement on Facebook—to the infamous Bad Boy Billionaire, Duke Austen. As soon as it’s discovered that Jane and Duke barely know each other (One hot kiss at a party does not a relationship make), she’ll be humiliated. And then Duke does something Jane never expected. He plays along with her charade.
  
  With his hard partying, playboy reputation jeopardizing a fifty million dollar investment deal, Duke realizes an engagement with the hot but oh-so-proper librarian could be just the thing to repair his reputation. This good girl tempts him to be very wicked…but just with her. It’s unprecedented. Inconceivable. Totally alluring. more

• #7 Encrypted (Robin Hood Hacker #1) - Carolyn McCray

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  They call her the Robin Hood Hacker, the elusive computer genius notorious for raiding corporate coffers and diverting millions to charitable organizations. No one can catch her - not the police, not the CIA, not even the FBI task force led by Special Agent Zachary Hunt, a man who has made it his life's mission to hunt her down.
  
  Their cat-and-mouse game has become an obsession, a race for supremacy in the cyber battle between chaos and order. But the hunted suddenly becomes the hunter when the Hacker learns that an ancient secret society is plotting to unleash a weaponized strain of the Black Plague upon the world. more